London: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1932. First Edition. The eleventh book in the author's Captain Kettle series, a lost race novel set in an ancient Mayan city. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; viii,9-318,[2]pp. Spine gently sunned, faint finger-soil to covers, with some light, scattered foxing to text edges; contents clean; Very Good+. In an early issue dustjacket (one 1933 title on rear panel), unclipped (priced 2/6 net), spine-sunned, foxed, with a few short tears, and some loss along lower front flap fold; Very Good only.

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Bookseller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4080
Title: CAPTAIN KETTLE, AMBASSADOR
Author: Cutcliffe-Hyne, C.J
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1932

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.